[Periodic Stutters. Help please?]

Yeah, I was afraid of that. This issue really feels like something I just have to deal with if I want to play either game. It's a shame. The only thing I haven't tried is go through the config files and see if I could find a setting to turn off. The thing is, there is no config file. It's all in the windows registry (In my case, it's found here; "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obsidian Entertainment\Pillars of Eternity") and I don't feel comfortable changing anything in the registry unless I need to.

Thank you both, but It looks like we're just stuck with this issue.

[Periodic Stutters. Help please?]

Hopefully, people are still visiting the Pillars 1 forum. I really need some help.

I am trying to replay Pillars of Eternity 1 while I wait for the bugs in 2 to be ironed out and I am suffering from periodic stutters every 30 seconds or so. The framerate's almost locked at 60 everywhere but it still stutters. It's quite annoying. Doesn't matter where I am, it still stutters. 

This and Pillars 2 are the only games I am having issues with on my system. Everything else runs fine.

My system specs:

OS: Windows 7 Professional (64 bit)
CPU: i7 3770K (overclocked or not, it makes no difference)
GPU: Geoforce GTX 1060 6GB (I have tried switching this with an older GTX 780. No change in stutter)
Storage: 1TB SSD
RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB (2x8GB) 1866MHz DDR3
Motherboard: Asrock Z75 Pro3

I do not have a Gsync Monitor. I have a "Generic PnP 60hz Monitor"
Temps never go above 60 degrees

Things I have tried:

• Vsync On/Off 
• Lowered setting to the lowest it was possible to go.
• Capped framerate to 30
• Ran game as administrator
• Tried running the game with each different compatibility setting
• Verified game cache with steam
• Updated nviida drivers
• Complete uninstall and reinstall of the game
• Tried the different launch parameters (-force-d3d11, -force-opengl)
• Double checked that the game was using my actual GPU.
• Temporarily disabled my integrated gpu to force the game to use of my dedicated gpu 
• Ran with high cpu priority
• Fiddled with the cpu affinity (disabled and re-enabled the working cores to trick it into using my other cores, which HAS worked for different games before.)
• Overclocked the GPU
• Underclocked the GPU
• Removed any and all overclocking from GPU and CPU
• Tried to disable any non windows services
• Made sure everything else was closed with task manager before running the game.
• Checked to make sure I was using "Maximum Performance" power option.
• Disabled both Steam Overlay and the in-game telemetry.
• Turned off all my monitoring software(MSI Afterburner).
• Temporarily disabled my antivirus
• disconnected my ethernet cable
• removed any usb devices
• removed audio devices (certain older games crash when using certain audio devices) 

I don't know what else to do.

Some people with lesser hardware are getting better performance while others with stronger hardware are getting worse performance.

I am welcome to and appreciate any suggestions you might have.

 

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